Chittagong Shipyard accident
Shipbreaking need not be deadly, but weak enforcement is making it so
Shipbreaking industry accident records suggest the industry treats its labour as expendable.
23 August 2026
Sitakunda shipbreaking yard faced legal action over safety violations last month
Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments says issued repeated reminders, shipyard did not implement directives
14 August 2026
2 workers killed in gas cylinder blast at Ctg dockyard
At least two workers are killed and three others injured as a gas cylinder explodes on a vessel at a dockyard in Shikalbaha area of Karnaphuli upazila in Chittagong.
23 July 2018
Labour killed at Ctg shipyard
A labour dies after allegedly falling from a ship and died during work at Chittagong shipyard.
26 May 2015